Garment-supporter.



No. 632,753. Patented Sept. l2, I899.

M; 8. ROGERS.

GARMENT SUPPDRTER.

(Application filed Mar. 1, 1899.)

(No Model.)

l 3 Wztn 65-565.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY S. ROGERS, OF GLENDALE, OHIO.

GARMENT-SUPPO RTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 632,753, datedSeptember 12, 1899.

Application filed March 1, 1899. Serial No. 707,347. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that l, MARY S. ROGERS, a oiti zen of the United States, anda resident of Glendale, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to garment-supporters more particularly for ladiesuse; and it consists of a certain simple, cheap, and effective devicepreferably made from a single piece of wire or other suitable material,on which the waist, skirt, and belt may be readily and easily fastenedtogether at one operation.

Belt-supporters consisting of a pin to secure same to the garment andprovided with a loop or loops within which the belt may be inserted havelong been in use, the pin usually consisting of the safety-pin variety.It has also been sought by the use of a pair of safety-pins withbelt-loop to secure the waist, belt, and skirt together; but in suchconstructions the pins are cumbersome, not easy to get at, and theexpense of manufacture is a matter of importance. My supporter is formedfrom a single piece of wire bent in the manner to be hereinafterparticularly pointed out and claimed, whereby the three articles may befastened together in the simplest and easiest way.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the supporter verymuch enlarged. Fig. 2 is a back view of a portion of waist, belt, andskirt, showing the supporter in place. Fig. 3 is a section taken onlines 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The supporter is preferably made from a single piece of wire or othersuitable material A, bent into the shape shown in Fig. 1 to form thepair of broad belt-loops a a, the central or button loop I), and end orpin loops 0 c. The two upturned ends cl (Z are bent slightly inward, andthe points are sharpened, as shown. I form the loops a a somewhatbroader than the width of the sides a e in order to form a moresubstantial support for the belt, but this of course is only apreferable construction, as the width of the supporter can be made, ifdesired, the same throughout.

To use the supporter a button B is sewed or otherwise secured to thewaist O at the back, and the loop I) of the supporter is placed over thebutton. The folds of the back opening in the skirt D are broughttogether and passed through the pointed ends (1 d of the supporter, thussecuring the skirt thereto and at the same time fastening together theopen folds of the skirt. The belt E is then passed around the waist andplaced under the loops (4 a, so that in this way the three articles ofdress are securely held together.

\Vhen desired, the belt-loops a a, which it is evident are the onlyportions of the supporter visible when in use, may be ornamented asdesired to form an attractive appearance, and the form of the variousloops may be modified to suit the requirements, the essentials of thedevice being, as will be understood, the pointed upturned ends d d, thebelt-loops a a, and the button-loop b.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A garment-supporter, consisting of a body portion provided with acentral upwardly-extending loop, and a pair of belt-connectingdownwardlyextending loops in a plane parallel to and connected at rightangles to the body portion, and a pair of upwardlyextending hooksforming the outer side edges of the body portion and bent into a planeparallel thereto, substantially as shown and described.

2. A garment-supporter, made from a single piece of wire, consisting ofa body portion provided with two downwardly-extending loops, with anintermediate upwardly-extending loop in the same plane, a pair ofbelt-connecting loops at right angles to the body portion, with the loopends bent down into a plane parallel to the body portion, and With theends of the wire forming the side edges of the body portion bent upwardat their lower ends to form hooks, substantially as shown and described.

MARY S. ROGERS.

lVitnesses:

E. P. Roenns, J. H. Roenns, Jr.

